I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system. — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic. — Kate Flannery Copy Share Image
“There's no sense to being Irish unless you know the world's going to break your heart.” — Thomas Adcock Copy Share Image
Why do we like being Irish? Partly because It gives us a hold on the sentimental English As members of a world… — Louis MacNeice Copy Share Image
This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
I'm Irish and very proud of being Irish, but as an actor, your extraction should be secondary, really. You should be able… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of… — Charles Madigan Copy Share Image
Sheep are not considered the most intelligent animals but British scientist say humans may have underestimated the woolly creatures. In fact, the… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
When I die, I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.… — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and brought up in its air is Irish. I have lived… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
We are no petty people. We are one of the great stocks of Burke; we are the people of Swift, the people… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Ireland, sir, for good or evil, is like no other place under heaven, and no man can touch its sod or breathe… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Being Irish and a citizen of the world, has made me truly appreciate Irish culture, music and history. Whether you're first, second… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
It's a loser's emblem (swastika), because the Nazis lost the war. It's ridiculous to suggest we are involved with fascists. All my… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
What's the use of being Irish if the world doesn't break your heart? — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
